Show r r j THUS fAR I J A COSTLY FAILURE LOSS OF THREE MILLION MEN IS ADMITTED BY PROMINENT 1 GERMAN GERMA POLITICIAN 1 t l. l Hun Military Leaders Planned to 1 4 14 l' l A- A Reach the North Coast Where Their Theil Il I Guns Guns Could Bar Navigation of Channel and Fire a at England tl f f. 1 i. i I Copenhagen The The Germans are still r the belief beliet that they will be able to l f reach ach the e English channel coast bar i of or the waters and bombard E southern southern England and that then it itI I 1 11 1 be easy to begin peace negotiations according to an interview the has had with a prominent German politician a member of the who requested that his name be benot not used He lIe added that the v German offensive thus far had proved 4 1 la a failure owing to heavy losses and that the German high command was kl J waiting to obtain more artillery Ger Ger- Germany 5 1 r many had lost in killed wounded and J made prisoner men he added tf i Answering questions about the ili opinion of ot the reichstag main aln commit commit- ci tee on the situation on the western f I rt trY I front and the end of the war the f d oj newspapers newspaper's informant said 31 We still believe according to mes- mes messages sages from our military leaders that iI we shall reach the north north- coast where our oui our guns gun can bar navigation of the i channel and fire at south England It Itis is suggested from the German side sidel l that with this another course of the theA 4 A war will wiil commence and as far as Ge Germany many is concerned cOl it will be very I easy to start armistice negotiations as fW r A n despite all nil assertions s we do not aim X at conquering We want neither k ff any 7 t th the mine districts at Lorraine's west vest westil il j I frontier nor Antwerp p l' l We have lost Including killed cc 1 i wounded and prisoners rs men a Do y you you u think that we intend to make fi foolish foolish claims and send our ch children N through another four years of war var Moreover we shall have enough to do doI I J during the age of man to control the i new ew country and secure their mercantile and nd industrial Influence I 1 Responsible German politicians only d demand and that the western powers shall j I lve back our colonies |